Brain thermal inertia, but no evidence for selective brain cooling, in free-ranging western grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus)

2008 ◽  
Vol 179 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane K. Maloney ◽  
Andrea Fuller ◽  
Leith C. R. Meyer ◽  
Peter R. Kamerman ◽  
Graham Mitchell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Inertia ◽  
Brain Cooling ◽  
Selective Brain Cooling ◽  
Free Ranging

Free-ranging ostriches do not employ selective brain cooling

2000 ◽  
Vol 126 ◽  
pp. S39
Author(s):  
A Fuller ◽  
P.R Kamerman ◽  
S.K Maloney ◽  
G Mitchell ◽  
D Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Brain Cooling ◽  
Selective Brain Cooling ◽  
Free Ranging

scholarly journals Brain Cooling: An Economy Mode of Temperature Regulation in Artiodactyls

Physiology ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 281-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Jessen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Stress ◽  
Body Temperature ◽  
Heat Loss ◽  
Temperature Regulation ◽  
Thermal Damage ◽  
Brain Temperature ◽  
Brain Cooling ◽  
Selective Brain Cooling ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
The Brain

Artiodactyls employ selective brain cooling (SBC) regularly during experimental hyperthermia. In free-ranging antelopes, however, SBC often was present when body temperature was low but absent when brain temperature was near 42°C. The primary effect of SBC is to adjust the activity of the heat loss mechanisms to the magnitude of the heat stress rather than to the protection of the brain from thermal damage.

Blood and brain temperatures of free-ranging black wildebeest in their natural environment

1994 ◽  
Vol 267 (6) ◽  
pp. R1528-R1536 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Jessen ◽  
H. P. Laburn ◽  
M. H. Knight ◽  
G. Kuhnen ◽  
K. Goelst ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Temperature ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Radiant Heat ◽  
Brain Cooling ◽  
Selective Brain Cooling ◽  
Blood Temperature ◽  
Arterial Blood ◽  
Data Loggers ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
Arterial Blood Temperature

Using miniature data loggers, we measured the temperatures of carotid blood and brain in four wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) every 2 min for 3 wk and every 5 min, in two of the animals, for a further 6 wk. The animals ranged freely in their natural habitat, in which there was no shelter. They were subject to intense radiant heat (maximum approximately 1,000 W/m2) during the day. Arterial blood temperature showed a circadian rhythm with low amplitude (< 1 degree C) and peaked in early evening. Brain temperature was usually within 0.2 degrees C of arterial blood temperature. Above a threshold between 38.8 and 39.2 degrees C, brain temperature tended to plateau so that the animals exhibited selective brain cooling. However, selective brain cooling sometimes was absent even when blood temperature was high and present when it was low. During helicopter chases, selective brain cooling was absent, even though brain temperature was near 42 degrees C. We believe that selective brain cooling is controlled by brain temperature but is modulated by sympathetic nervous system status. In particular, selective brain cooling may be abolished by high sympathetic activity even at high brain temperatures.

Absence of Selective Brain Cooling in Free-Ranging Zebras in Their Natural Habitat

2000 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Fuller ◽  
Shane K. Maloney ◽  
Peter R. Kamerman ◽  
Graham Mitchell ◽  
Duncan Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Brain Cooling ◽  
Selective Brain Cooling ◽  
Free Ranging

Selective Brain Cooling in the Horse during Exercise

1994 ◽  
pp. 189-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. F. McConaghy ◽  
J. R. S. Hales ◽  
D. R. Hodgson
Keyword(s):  
Brain Cooling ◽  
Selective Brain Cooling

Efficacy of Selective Brain Cooling Using a Nasopharyngeal Method in Piglets

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Fazel Bakhsheshi ◽  
Errol E. Stewart ◽  
Joo Ho Tai ◽  
Laura Morrison ◽  
Lynn Keenliside ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Cooling ◽  
Selective Brain Cooling
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